I was constructed in the way that all modern towers are, 

built expressly to cause the least collateral damage when destroyed because it was always known 

I was going to be destroyed, 

Taken in at the knees 

by a wrecking ball 

or a wrecking ball 

or something in its shape, 

and crumbling in on myself 

like I was never there at all 

In my place, 

In the place of the girl before me 

And the boy before her 

And the persons and people before him 

Before Us, 

They will build someone new, 

     They will construct them in the way they construct all modern towers, 

     They will build them to cause the least collateral damage when destroyed because it was always always known 



they were going to be destroyed, 

by a wrecking ball 

or a wrecking ball 

or something in its shape, 

and they will crumble in on themself 

like they were never there at all